As a Senior Project Manager I am responsible for taking a variety of infrastructure projects through the complete CDW project lifecycle. This life cycle includes: 1. Introduction meetings with CDW sales and the external client. 2. Conducting both an internal CDW and external client kick-off meetings. 3. Resourcing the project with either CDW engineers or vendor partners. 4. Project execution/control: conducting weekly status/budget review meeting with stakeholders; regular stand-up meetings with engineers 5. Project Closure: deliverable review & sign-off, formal project acceptance by client, documenting lessons learned. At any time I am managing more than twenty active infrastructure projects utilizing the Changepoint project management tool.

Project Manager III / Contractor
CA PPM (Clarity) and Open Workbench are used in managing stand-alone projects as well as Master/Sub-projects. Clarity is used to create and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Plans. The Clarity approval process facilitates moving projects through SDLC phases by uploading artifacts and obtaining approval from business sponsors/auditors/support. Approval to move from phase to phase is obtained using phase gate meetings. Weekly Status Reporting and Risks/ Issues/Change Requests maintenance is performed in Clarity. I provide expertise in program/project management and manage the full system development life cycle utilizing a hybrid agile/waterfall methodology.

Key Achievements:
 Monitoring schedule, scope and budget for multiple projects.
 Deployed multiple projects from initiation through project close.
 Conduct phase gate meetings ensuring readiness to begin next phase.
 Ensure adherence to the SLDC utilizing Clarity approvals for phase gates & artifacts.
 Create weekly project status reports for management.
 Generate/update Work Breakdown Structures and Cost Plans.
 Conduct weekly status meetings with stakeholders and technology staff.
 Use AGILE/Scrum techniques to improve Waterfall methodology.
 Conduct daily standup meetings with the project team, removing blockers as needed.
 Maintain Risks/Issues determining appropriate solutions and mitigation strategies

Project Manager/Contractor
As project manager and a senior member of the PMO organization provided expertise in program and project management. Directed multiple AGILE /Waterfall projects with globally distributed staffs ranging in size from 8-15 technologists and with budgets ranging from $300,000 to $7 million. Used HP’s Project Portfolio Management application (PPM) and Documentum’s D2 Enterprise Content Management system for resource management, project tracking and artifact sharing. Extremely proficient in the use of the Microsoft suite of products.

Key Achievements:
 Managed a firm wide rollout to 250+ users of a Oracle’s Enterprise Content Management solution
 Managed a project for compliance with the IRS regulation FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)
 Managed an assessment for the migration of two VB 6.0 legacy applications to .Net technology
 Managed a project to create a new and revitalized Portal with new interfaces and new architecture using Oracle’s WebCenter Portal & Spaces solution.
 Managed a project to migrate all Guy Carpenter externally facing websites to Adobe CQ, a Web Content & Experience Management system.
 Managed the full SDLC for a pilot rollout of a Oracle’s Enterprise Content Management solution

Program Manager/Contractor
Directed and participated in the gathering of business requirements and the generation of the functional requirements. Performed the database design, system design and screen design for a $1.2 million .NET software development effort prototype. Began the analysis & design utilizing Microsoft SharePoint for the technical architecture for a medical records process improvement project.

Key Achievements:
 Performed database and screen design for a .Net Commercial Real Estate auction site
 Conducted regular status meetings and provided daily communication to business line
 Managed the project timeline using Microsoft Project